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I’ve recently come back to starting my day with a 5-minute audio meditation from renowned Buddhist mindfulness teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Beliefnet first published  the meditation, called “The End of Suffering,” years ago, but it remains one of my personal favorites on the site. It’s a wonderful morning meditation because the words, the music, and…

Interesting news out of this weekend’s The American Diabetes Association meeting–the association is recommending a new standard in the way that doctors test for and diagnose diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes. Currently, two tests are used to diagnose the condition.  The first is a fasting plasma glucose test in which patients fast for 12-14 hours…

A Fresh Living reader recently commented that she liked a post of mine up until the part where I spoke about praying to the Universe, and not Jesus. I don’t mean to single her out too much (we love when you comment even when we don’t agree!), because I’ve received several variations on that statement since I started writing…

Elizabeth Edwards, in Boston over the weekend for a gala at Mass. General Hospital, gave a brief interview to The Boston Globe in which she talked about the kind of support that she’s enjoyed through her years-long battle with breast cancer. When asked what dealing with her cancer so publicly has been like, she said:…

I was feeling the need to collect these as reminders…. “Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons.  Joy is your lesson.”— Alan Cohen “Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.”— Melba Colgrove “Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” — Mother Teresa “Participate joyfully in the…

Just about everyone wants to feel that their job has purpose and meaning, that what they do makes a difference in people’s lives. And it’s so nice–and rare for a lot of us–to have evidence that it does. Once a month our office manager at Beliefnet sends around quotes from readers of the site saying how…

It’s been quite the week here at FL HQ. So Fried-day. Here’s a quote I have taped to my monitor. I am re-reading now, and sharing 9and, sorry, may have shared before, but it bears repeating, me thinks): “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could, some blunders and…

Last Foodie Friday, when I posted a possible explanation for why asparagus makes our wee-wee smell funny, many of you wanted more information.  So I did what anyone should do when they’re asked a health question they’re not qualified to answer–I asked a doctor!  Dr. Shilpa Saxena is someone I hope you’ll be getting to…

I started drooling when I saw in this month’s Everyday Food the idea to top toast with wilted spinach and a delightfully oozy soft-boiled egg.  A vibrant patch of ready-to-pick spinach in my garden sealed the deal, and this morning, deliciousness ensued.    I used 12-grain bread, which tasted lovely and nutty and crunchy against…

Are you the kind of person who sees “signs” in random places?  I’m usually not–maybe it’s my Taurus nature, but I find that looking for and interpreting signs can easily become a) an anxiety-provoking exercise in how inaccurate future-prediction can be and b) a full-time job. Except in my garden, where looking for signs is…
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